Main description:

Written by authorities in infectious disease and disaster preparedness, this one-stop resource covers the relevant theoretical, historical, and pragmatic considerations of viral outbreaks and bioterrorism. It provides an expert overview of this complex area for infectious disease physicians, emergency medicine physicians, hospital administrators, and more.

Explores the historical context of various agents and potential agents that could be used for bioterrorism, including anthrax, tularemia, smallpox, SARS, and more.
Discusses the lessons learned from naturally occurring outbreaks that have enhanced preparedness at individual hospitals locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Provides forms, checklists, and algorithms throughout - invaluable resources for health care providers and administrators.
Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into a single convenient resource.

Contents:

1. Historical Perspective The Organisms

2. Anthrax

3. Tularemia

4. Plague

5. VHF

6. Small pox

7. Influenza

8. Avian Influenza

Coronavirus

9. SARS

10. MERS-CoV

Public Health Tracking, Prevention, and Planning

11. Ethical issues with preparedness

12. Surveillance strategies

13. Translating Policy into Practice

14. Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective

15. Issues in healthcare settings (including assessing exposures)

16. Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions

17. Recovery from large infectious diseases outbreak

18. Diagnostics

19. Prevention

20. Designer pathogens and synthetic biology